Set Up Simple Voice Chat

The port problem

Voice chat sends audio over its own UDP port (default 24454). On our panel, your server can only receive traffic on ports listed on its Network page. If voice chat uses a port that isn't listed, players see voice chat not connected.

Single server

1. Ask us for an extra allocation. It appears on Network as a second port, e.g. 40031.

2. Install Simple Voice Chat from Minecraft Plugins and restart once.

3. Stop, then edit the config:

   • Paper: plugins/voicechat/voicechat-server.properties
   • Fabric/NeoForge: config/voicechat/voicechat-server.properties

   port=40031
   bind_address=
   

   Use your extra port. Don't use -1 (the game port): its own comments warn this can crash the server, because the game port's UDP is also used for server query.

4. Start. Players join and press V to open voice settings. The icon shows when it's connected.

Velocity network

1. Install the Simple Voice Chat Velocity plugin on Velocity, and the normal plugin/mod on every back-end.
2. Velocity needs one public UDP port for voice. By default it's Velocity's own game port. Set it in Velocity's voice chat config if you want another.
3. Each back-end needs a different voice port, because all our servers share one machine. Ask us for an extra allocation per back-end and set each port= to its own number.
4. The Velocity plugin finds each back-end's voice port and forwards audio to it. Players only ever talk to the proxy.

Troubleshooting